Jump back to meny loop point?

Hi,
I am making a dvd, and in the menu I have a video, that eventually has menu buttons. How do i set the DVD, so that while watching the DVD, the user can hit the 'Menu' button on their DVD player, and then menu will show up, but only at the loop point?
As of now, when the user hits the menu button, it plays the whole menu over again, including the video at the begining.
Thanks,
Robbie

doing a quick search of the forums should yield this answer.
in dvdsp 4 you create a script with a jump command that goes to your menu and you can check the start at loop point box. Set this script to the menu and title buttons of your remote control in the disc inspector.
everything before DVDsp4 you need to create a seperate menu that just contains the looping portion of your menu and set this as the title menu.
-ryan

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I'm now using CS5 and I'd heard the two menu thing wasn't necessary any more so:
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Message was edited by: brazzamHD

Given lines 1, 2 and 3, it is very unlikely that GPRM0 will ever be zero...
What your lines are saying, roughly, is:
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